optimism

English

Etymology

From French optimisme, equivalent to Latin optimus +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑptɪmɪzəm/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒptɪmɪzəm/

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Noun

optimism (usually uncountable, plural optimisms)

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1. a tendency to expect the best, or at least, a favourable outcome

   I love her youth, her beauty and above all her optimism that everything will turn out fine.

   • 2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC‎:

     Hanks is known as being an avid reader of history and biography, and seems to seek out stories which offer a certain optimism and humanism. In other words, he plays – fundamentally – good people.

2. the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds
3. the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil

Antonyms

• pessimism

Derived terms

• cyberoptimism
• optimist
• optimistic
• overoptimism
• poptimism
• techno-optimism

Related terms

• optimal

Translations

a tendency to expect the best

Arabic: تَفَاؤُل m (tafāʔul) Armenian: լավատեսություն (hy) (lavatesutʻyun) Belarusian: аптымі́зм m (aptymízm) Bulgarian: оптими́зъм (bg) m (optimízǎm) Catalan: optimisme (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 樂觀主義 / 乐观主义 (zh) (lèguānzhǔyì) Czech: optimismus (cs) m Dutch: optimisme (nl) n Finnish: optimismi (fi) French: optimisme (fr) m Galician: optimismo m Georgian: ოპტიმიზმი (oṗṭimizmi) German: Optimismus (de) m, Zuversicht (de) f Greek: αισιοδοξία (el) f (aisiodoxía) Hebrew: אופטימיות f (optímiut) Hindi: आशावाद m (āśāvād) Hungarian: optimizmus (hu), derűlátás (hu) Italian: ottimismo (it) m Japanese: 楽観主義 (らっかんしゅぎ, rakkanshugi) Korean: 낙천주의 (nakcheonjuui) Low German: German Low German: Toversicht f, Optimismus m Maori: ngākau rorotu Marathi: आशावाद m (āśāvād) Norwegian: optimisme m Persian: خوش‌بینی (fa) (xoš-bini) Polish: optymizm (pl) m Portuguese: otimismo (pt) m Romanian: optimism (ro) n Russian: оптими́зм (ru) m (optimízm) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: оптимѝзам m Roman: optimìzam (sh) m Spanish: optimismo (es) m Swedish: optimism (sv) c Turkish: optimizm (tr), iyimserlik (tr) Ukrainian: оптимі́зм m (optymízm) Vietnamese: sự lạc quan Volapük: fredim (vo)

the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds

Arabic: تَفَاؤُل m (tafāʔul) Catalan: optimisme (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 樂觀主義 / 乐观主义 (zh) (lèguānzhǔyì) Finnish: optimismi (fi) French: optimisme (fr) m Galician: optimismo m Greek: αισιοδοξία (el) f (aisiodoxía) Japanese: 楽観主義 (らっかんしゅぎ, rakkanshugi) Norwegian: optimisme m Portuguese: otimismo (pt) m Russian: оптими́зм (ru) m (optimízm) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: оптимѝзам m Roman: optimìzam (sh) m Thai: สุทรรศนนิยม, สุนิยม Turkish: optimizm (tr), iyimserlik (tr) Volapük: fredim (vo)

the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil

Arabic: تَفَاؤُل m (tafāʔul) Catalan: optimisme (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 樂觀主義 / 乐观主义 (zh) (lèguānzhǔyì) Finnish: optimismi (fi) French: optimisme (fr) m Greek: αισιοδοξία (el) f (aisiodoxía) Japanese: 楽観主義 (らっかんしゅぎ, rakkanshugi) Norwegian: optimisme m Portuguese: otimismo (pt) m Russian: оптими́зм (ru) m (optimízm) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: оптимѝзам m Roman: optimìzam (sh) m Volapük: fredim (vo)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French optimisme. By surface analysis, optim +‎ -ism.

Noun

optimism n (uncountable)

1. optimism

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	optimism	optimismul
genitive-dative	optimism	optimismului
vocative	optimismule

Swedish

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Noun

optimism c

1. optimism

   Antonym: pessimism

Declension

Declension of optimism

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	optimism	optimisms
	definite	optimismen	optimismens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• optimist
• optimistisk

References

• optimism in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• optimism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• optimism in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)